Move Computer to Specific OU During Build - Based on Hardware type and Computer Name

[countdown2008]

Hi guys, I am attempting to move a computer (laptop or desktop) to a specific OU as part of my build process.

 

The build goes absolutely fine but it doesn't join the domain and joins to a workgroup.

 

The script which I have been using is detailed here:

 

http://blog-en.netvnext.com/2012/02/osd-automate-domain-ou-name-from.html

 

 

set env = CreateObject("Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment")
sComputerName = env("OSDComputerName")
twoChars = UCase(Left(sComputerName,2))
sBuiltOU = "NOT_set!"
If twoChars = "AB" Then
sBuiltOU = "LDAP://OU=AB,OU=Laptops,OU=Computers,DC=DOMAIN,DC=COM"
If twoChars = "CD" Then
sBuiltOU = "LDAP://OU=CD,OU=Laptops,OU=Computers,DC=DOMAIN,DC=COM"
If twoChars = "EF" Then
sBuiltOU = "LDAP://OU=EF,OU=Laptops,OU=Computers,DC=DOMAIN,DC=COM"
env("OSDDomainOUName") = sBuiltOU
Wscript.quit

 

What I basically want to do is get the task sequence to interrogate the device to understand if its a desktop or a laptop and then move it to a specific OU based on the first two characters of the host name and hardware type. I was initially using the IsVM, IsLaptop, IsDesktop vairables but that seemed to be kind of flakey as I was testing in my lab with VMs only. So for the VMs I changed to use WMI query instead.

 

I setup a couple of new task sequence variable steps to help with this process so if it was a laptop run OUMoveLaptop.vbs to get it into the correct OU and the same sort of process for the desktops (with an OUMoveDesktop.vbs script) in the Post Install phase between the Apply Windows Settings and Apply Network Settings steps.

 

I've attached the screenshots of what I have setup and hopefully one of you kind guys can help me out before I launch this server out my office window.

 

Thanks in advance...

[Peter van der Woude]

Did you verify if the task sequence variables are set?

[countdown2008]

Did you verify if the task sequence variables are set?

 

I think I've actually worked out what was going wrong. When I looked though the log files generated it appeared that the IsVM was set True which is fine as its a VM, but so was the IsDesktop value too when I was building and testing using a VM in my test lab! I removed the IsVM variable step and left in the IsDesktop and IsLaptop and hey presto it worked.

 

I think what must of been happening is that by using both these variables (IsVM and IsDesktop) were tripping one another up in the way that I was using them. Does that make sense?

[Peter van der Woude]

Could make sense, but I haven't seen how they're created, so I can't say for sure.